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Have you heard the one about 17th-century Europeans buying the entire island of Manhattan for $24 worth of beads and trinkets? It would have been the best real estate deal …
Manhattan for $24? Best Real Estate Deal Ever! Or Was It? Listen Now
Jason Steinhauer of the History Communications Institute joins us to explain the veracity of the film clip of a “3-year-old chimney sweep” from the 1930s that’s gone viral on social …
A Viking horned helmet would have been very impractical, and perhaps dangerous, in battle. A sword blow to the head might glance off a smooth helmet. But it would surely …
July 30th is the anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II in the Pacific in 1945. One of our early shows was about the stories …
Professor Brandon Gauthier uses Lenin, Stalin, and Putin as case studies to try to help us understand the reasons why certain political leaders become monsters. By looking further into their …
You might have heard that people didn’t bathe very often in the past, at least in the distant past. A lot of other stories go along with this. To whit: …
There’s an old Buzzkill curse — may you subscribe to interesting podcasts. If you do, your life will become so gloriously enlightened with new information, presented in such an engaging …
Professor Heather Cox Richardson gives us the low-down on one of history’s pieces of sh*t, Salmon P. Chase (the man on the $10,000 bill). Hear about his machinations during the …
Your favorite Buzzkill history professor, Dr. Philip Nash, gives us a fascinating glimpse into the life of Claire Boothe Luce, an American Renaissance woman if ever there was one. In …
Clare Boothe Luce: American Renaissance Woman, Part 2 Listen Now
It’s the 8th of April 1820. On the Greek Aegean island of Milos, a man named Yorgos Kentrotas was collecting stones from an ancient ruin near his farm. He came …
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